Safety for the Home Visitor
1 Credit Hour - $25
Instructor Cynthia Kennedy, PT, MS, PCS
Safety for Home Visitors discusses the need for home visitors to be aware of potential threats to safety out in the field and gives helpful techniques and tips on prevention and decreasing risks.
Compliance for the Home Visitor
1 Credit Hour - $25
Instructor Cynthia Kennedy, PT, MS, PCS
Compliance Module for staff who provide services in the home or community describing requirements as stipulated by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Working with Amish Families
1 Credit Hour - $25
Instructor Cynthia Kennedy, PT, MS, PCS
Working with Amish families in their community presents both challenges and learning opportunities to the home visitor or anyone in health services.
Working with Rural Poor Families
1 Credit Hour - $25
Instructor Cynthia Kennedy, PT, MS, PCS
Training to help increase awareness, understanding and appreciation of different perspectives and cultural influences when working with rural poor families in their home communities.
The American Deaf Culture
2 Credit Hours - $50
Instructor: Tara Nikou, BS Ed., M. Ed
This course describes how the Deaf culture is more than a means of communication among the Deaf community, and the characteristics of the culture, including differences between Oral and ASL approaches and their effect on Deaf culture. This course covers information which is useful to Speech Therapists, and other health professionals including but not limited to Occupational Therapists, COTAs, Physical Therapists, and PTAs.
Fire Safety and Evacuation for the Home Visitor
1 Credit Hour - $25
Instructor Cynthia Kennedy, PT, MS, PCS
For the Home Visitor - Smart Fire Safety tips for home visitors and their families with fun activities to share with children and families embedded in the course.
Developing Multi-Cultural Competency
1 Credit Hour - $25
Instructor Cynthia Kennedy, PT, MS, PCS
Cultural Competency is a topic of interest in many fields today, and a requirement in most fields to be effective, including health related fields. Globalization, immigration and increased availability of health care services in the Unites States has made understanding the nuances of cultural practices a necessity to providing quality care in most communities. In this course, we will go over general guidelines with some specific examples based on particular cultures which are common in the US.
Safe Practices: Universal Precautions for Home Visitor
1 Credit Hour - $25
Instructor Cynthia Kennedy, PT, MS, PCS
For the Home Visitor - How to protect the home visitor and client families from common viruses, spread of infections and parasitic infestations.